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From the President

On 28 April, aim to increase their awareness suggestions you may have and I will Engineering of engineering and infrastructure be seeking guidance from the advisory Heritage Canberra challenges that Canberra will face in committee. invited the the future. As a follow up we will be In closing, I would encourage Managing Director offering briefing sessions to all ACT you to put the first full week of of ACTEW, Mark Legislative Assembly sitting members August (6–12) into your diaries and Sullivan, and and commenced with a briefing to the have your family and friends attend myself to unveil an sitting ALP politicians on 24 May (we Australian Engineering Week which interpretive panel commemorating hope to brief the Liberals and Greens is our showcase event for public Canberra’s Main Outfall Sewer at in June). The sessions use the ACT engagement. For children there are Lennox Gardens (further details on Infrastructure Report Card 2010 as a the engineering games designed to page 7). The sewer was completed basis for discussion. encourage problem solving with an in 1926 and is still in use today. Over the last couple of years our ‘engineering bent’. I would also like Most of us are unaware of the continuing professional development to publically acknowledge Bob Harvey contributions of chartered engineers, program (technical program) has who received a Certificate of Merit as we solve problems and create markedly improved in both the for his contribution to Canberra’s enduring solutions. Today’s important number of presentations and engineering heritage. If you know of engineering decisions will be the attendance. Whilst this has provided any other chartered engineers who are heritage markers of tomorrow. great benefit to members, it has also worthy of public recognition please Over the last month I have created some financial pressures. Over contact me. met with political leaders at the the next year we may have to review Doug Mitchell ACT Legislative Assembly with the our format. I would welcome any President Interested in getting involved? ...the call for nominations for vacant Division Committee, College Board and National Congress positions for 2013 will open on Monday 9 July 2012 and close on Friday 24 August 2012.

Look out for the call for nominations and election advertisements on the web site at: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/elections

This is your opportunity to not only benefit from an increased engineering network and to contribute to the governance of Engineers Australia, you will also have an opportunity to influence and to give something back to the profession.

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CANBERRA DIVISION 2012 LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION Tuesday 17 July 2012 Rolfe Hartley FIEAust CPEng EngExec FIPENZ A Lesson in Leadership – the life of Sir John Monash

Engineers Australia recognises this and seeks to develop awareness and skills for leadership amongst its members. In Canberra a focal point of these activities is an annual Leadership Presentation, when a recognised leader in a particular field gives their views on leadership. Sir John Monash was one of the greatest ever Australians. As a young boy, he met Ned Kelly. As a civil engineer, he helped introduce reinforced concrete technology into Australia. But his greatest fame came as a soldier, where he rose from 49 year old Lieutenant Colonel at the start of the First World War to Commander of the Australian Corps in 1918. Perhaps best known for his innovative tactics at the Battle of Le Hamel, he was the first commander to be knighted in the field by the British Monarch in over 400 years. Monash was a complex man who overcame adversity, prejudice and hardship in both his military and civilian careers. In this presentation, Rolfe Hartley will discuss of the life and career of Sir John Monash, with an emphasis on the lessons in leadership that we can draw from this study. Rolfe is a past President of Canberra Division and was Engineers Australia National President in 2007. He is presently Chair of the National Engineering Registration Board. The presentation will be given at a special lunch meeting of the Division. The price includes the two course lunch, accompanied by wine and orange juice. Pre-lunch drinks may be purchased.

Venue: Royal Canberra Golf Club, Bentham Street, Yarralumla Time: Start 12.00 pm for 12.30 pm Finish 2.15 pm. Cost: Members $60 Non-members $70 Bookings: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/canberra-division/events

ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA Canberra Division

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre 5.30pm Friday 10 August 2012

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Registration by 27 July 2012 For 2012 games, entry forms and rules go to: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/canberra/games The Engineering Games will include a science show by the Questacon Excited Particles Team at 6.30pm Mega Bites Café at Questacon will be open – 10% discount on all purchases on the night

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ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA CANBERRA DIVISION TECHNICAL PROGRAM CPD events for the Engineering Team All presentations will be held at ‘Engineering House’, 11 National Circuit, Barton unless otherwise specified. Full details of each meeting can be found at www.engineersaustralia.org.au/canberra under Technical Program.

Date/time Branch/Group Topic Speaker/notes JUNE 2012 Tue 12 CELM Anecdotes and Reflections on Tom Layton, Geoff Farrar, Peter Middleton 5.30 for 6.00pm Contract Variations Wed 13 ASDE Demystifying the Material Capability Geoff Davidson – former Director Emerging 5.30 for 6.00pm Development Process Projects in the Electronics Division, DMO Tue 19 ITE&E Eminent Speaker Series Trevor Bird – M.A. Sargeant Medal Winner 5.30 for 6.00pm From Wireless to Astronomy: for 2012 Lessons from an Engineering Career Wed 20 YEA Financial Management for Catherine Smith – Wholistic Financial Solutions 5.30 for 6.00pm Young Professionals Thu 21 Transport The Development of Managed Motorways Gethin Perry – Intelligent Transport Systems in 12.00 for 12.30pm GHD’s Sydney Operating Centre Tue 26 Civil/Structural Canberra’s Most Ecologically Stephen Dwight – Walker Corporation 5.30 for 6.00pm Sustainable Building Wed 27 Mechanical Multidisciplinary Optimisation Problems: Dr Tapabrata Ray – University of New South 5.30 for 6.00pm Current Capabilities and Challenges Wales, Canberra JULY 2012 Tue 3 SSEE International Planet Under Pressure Dr Professor Steffen – Director ANU Climate 5.30 for 6.00pm Conference held in London Change Institute Wed 11 Transport Personal Mobility Devices Terry Dodds – Group Manager, Public Works, 5.30 for 6.00pm City of Ryde Tue 17 CELM Leadership A Lesson in Leadership: Rolfe Hartley FIEAust CPEng EngExec FIPENZ 12.00 for 12.30pm Lunch The Life of Sir John Monash Venue: Royal Canberra Golf Club, Yarralumla Tue 17 ITE&E Eminent Speaker Series Robert Barr – 2012 National Professional 5.30 for 6.00pm Australia’s Green Electricity Schemes Electrical Engineer of the Year – Costs and Benefits Thu 19 Transport Northbourne Ave Light Rail Kuga Kugathas – Senior Manager 12.00 for 12.30pm Transport Management & Projects ESDD Tue 24 Civil/Structural Ethics Professor Tom Campbell – ANU 5.30 for 6.00pm Wed 25 Mechanical Technology Innovations for Stuart Kirkwood – Johnson Controls 5.30 for 6.00pm Enhancing the Sustainability and Efficiency of Chilled Water Plants Fri 27 SSEE Sustainability, Infastructure & Innovation Robert Spencer – UK-based sustainability 7.00 for 7.30am – an International Perspective consultant and Fellow of the Royal Breakfast Presentation Geographic Society AUGUST 2012 Wed 1 WIE What the Bleep is Coaching? Mags Bell – Director & Creator, 5.30 for 6.00pm Creating Powerful Results Mon 6–Sun 12 AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING WEEK Tue 14 CELM Facts and Issues on Engineers Australia Panel from National Office 5.30 for 6.00pm Membership, Chartered Status, NPER and Registration Disclaimer: Those without email addresses should contact Canberra Division (02) 6270 6519 to check if a Technical Presentation has not been cancelled. For updated information on the Technical Program and other events check out the Canberra Division Website: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/canberra Members please note: Commencing July 2012 Non-members will be charged to attend Technical Presentations.

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2012 eXchange Luncheon Challenges for the Future – Lessons from the Past

On Friday the 25th of May, Young Engineers Australia – Canberra Division (YEAC), together with principal major sponsor the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), hosted the sixth annual ‘2012 eXchange Luncheon’. Through presentations by Mr David Dreverman and Dr Shari Soutberg this year attendees discussed the challenges for the future and how lessons from the past can help guide you to overcome those challenges,. This year’s topic proved highly successful with 104 attendees representing over 25 engineering companies, and all generations and diversity groups of the Engineers Australia membership. Chris Dowton, Ben Foley, Andrew Airey (Chair YEAC), Nicola Mead and Justin Bagnall The aim of the exchange luncheon is to bring all generations and diversity groups of the engineering of engineering importance. It also for the future in regards to Regional profession together to discuss issues provides a valuable opportunity to Engineering and the importance of breakdown the barrier that age and lessons learned from mentoring and position can create in the workplace building communities that can attract bringing students, young engineers, engineers into the regions. Dr Shari senior engineers and fellows together Soutberg from the Defence Materiel in a social environment. In 2012 this Organisation presented to the audience aim has again been met in incredible the challenges for the Defence Materiel fashion with many generational Organisation and how lessons from debates being held throughout previous organisational lessons can the luncheon. enhance future capability. Attendees were guided through Young Engineers Australia Canberra their discussions by MC Christopher Division would like to thank the DMO Dowton, an Engineering Technologist for their continued sponsorship of the from the DMO, who provided fresh eXchange Luncheon. We would also enthusiasm to the discussion. Mr like to thank all those who attended David Dreverman from the Murry- the luncheon and hope to see you all Darling Basin Authority presented again at future YEAC events and next to the audience on the challenges year’s luncheon. David Dreverman

ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 2012 AS THE YEAR OF THE REGIONAL ENGINEERING TEAM A YEAR WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT REGIONAL AUSTRALIA AS THE HEART OF ENGINEERING.

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Risk Engineering Society Work Health and Safety Time for a laugh Proud Father Risk Engineering Society Canberra Regulation, their implementation and The proud father brought home Chapter held a Seminar on 28 May the lessons being learnt. a backyard swing set for his 2012 entitled ‘Implementing the N The presentation also included children and immediately started ew Work Health and Safety Legislation some of the practical environmental – Views and Opinions from those aspects that affect health at a to assemble it with all the Involved’. work place (e.g. mould that has no neighborhood children anxiously The seminar, conducted by RES recommended levels and standards waiting to play on it. After several Canberra on the New Occupational that we can follow). hours of reading the directions, Health and Safety (Workplace Health A total of 45 people representing a attempting to fit bolt A into slot B, and Safety – WHS) Act and Regulation, wide range of industries participated etc., he finally gave up and called and held at the Regatta Point Business at the workshop. upon an old handyman working in Centre, was a great success. A total of The National RES Chair, Brian a neighbouring yard. five speakers presented their views. Truman from WA, attended and was The presentations included very impressed with the quality of The old-timer came over, threw salient features of the new Act and the workshop. the directions away, and in a short while had the swing set completely assembled. “It’s beyond me,” said the father, “how you got it together without even reading instructions.” “To tell the truth,” replied the old- timer, “I can’t read, and when you can’t read, you’ve got to think.”

Speakers John Everett, Ivanca Debevec, Marcus Donnelly, Kylie Edwards and Peter Middleton

CHANGES TO GETTING CHARTERED AND REGISTERED COMING SEPTEMBER 2012 For more infomation visit www.engineersaustralia.org.au/echartered

In September 2012 Engineers Australia is introducing major changes to the assessment process for Chartered Status and Registration, including for RPEQ. Targeting July Engineers Australia will launch eChartered, a new online system that will streamline the process for becoming Chartered and provide browser-based access linked to member information. eChartered will also be the launch-pad for the 2012 Australian Engineering Competency Standards Stage 2. For further information about eChartered and the changes please visit www.engineersaustralia.org.au/echartered.

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Young Professional Engineer of the Year 2012

The 2012 Canberra Division Major Brendan Noller for his in-service night vision equipment Young Professional Engineer of the leading-edge work with the Defence for the Australian Army’s Armed Year Award has been presented to Materiel Organisation. Reconnaissance Helicopter’. Before he was even 30, Major Noller lead a team of 40 technicians to investigate and resolve issues REMINDER associated with night vision of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter to all members project. Please take a minute to log onto Major Noller was selected as this the Engineers Australia website and confirm that your personal year’s Young Professional Engineer of details are correct. the Year by the panel of judges from The information that you place in our the Canberra Division Committee system is used by our division office in a fairly close fought contest of to ensure you are kept up to date on six candidates. The Judges selected all proceedings and events. Major Noller as the winner due to his You are able to easily update any personal information once you ‘individualENGINEERS contribution AUSTRALIA to his IS field PLEASED of TO ANNOUNCEhave logged in online. practice of Aeronautical Engineering, Canberra Division President Doug Mitchell 2012 AS THE YEAR OF THE REGIONAL ENGINEERINGPlease TEAM go to Photo: Canberra Times by resolving the deficiencies of the and Brendan Noller A YEAR WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT REGIONALwww.engineersaustralia.org.au AUSTRALIA AS THE HEART OF ENGINEERING. ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 2012 AS THE YEAR OF THE REGIONAL ENGINEERING TEAM A YEAR WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT REGIONAL AUSTRALIA AS THE HEART OF ENGINEERING.

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Sewer heritage recognised in Canberra Lyndon Tilbrook – Chair, Engineering Heritage Canberra

Yet it was the subject of considerable and the road system, in providing controversy and the delays which the vital infrastructure that was characterised the early construction required to allow the new National of Canberra, and the tension between capital to grow quickly and flourish. Griffin and the Department of Home A quality sewerage system was Affairs. Griffin advocated a system of vital to maintain good public health multiple small treatment plants that and the great effort expended in would discharge into the ornamental designing and constructing the system lakes when constructed, which is demonstrating in the fact that it featured in his design of the city. The remain in use today, servicing a city Department of Home Affairs however, that has grown from 5 000 people in advocated a centralised system feeding the early 20’s to a current population a main treatment works. As has so of around 350 000. often happened in Australian history, The sewer runs at a constant a Royal Commission was held when downward slope of 57cm/km (3 feet the dispute couldn’t be resolved, per mile) along its length and is at its finding in favour of the centralised deepest where it passes 44 m under sewer and treatment works as was later Stirling Ridge. It consists of a concrete constructed. The system was completed lined egg shaped tunnel 1.68 m high Members of Engineers Australia inspect the in 1926 in time for the opening of the by 1.12 m wide, briefly coming to the Main Outfall Sewer Vent on Stirling Ridge. original Parliament House. surface as it crosses Yarralumla Creek Mark Sullivan, Managing Director near the Woolshed, where it takes the Under a clear autumn sky on of ACTEW Corporation, and Doug form of a small concrete weir. Three Saturday 28 April, a ceremony was Mitchell, President of Canberra original brick ventilator shafts exist held to unveil an interpretive panel Division of Engineers Australia along the route, to prevent the build- on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin officiated at the ceremony. The Main up of gases and condensation that to recognise Engineering Heritage Outfall Sewer was recognised by may damage the tunnel lining, and Australia awarding Engineering Engineering Heritage Australia on these can be seen on Stirling Ridge, in Heritage Marker status on the Main the basis of the key role the sewer Westbourne Woods at Royal Canberra Outfall Sewer in Canberra. Held as played, along with water, electricity Golf Club, and at Weston Creek. part of the Canberra and District Heritage Festival, the well-attended ceremony gave Engineering Australia and its heritage group, Engineering Heritage Canberra an ideal opportunity to be part of the wider community celebration of the region’s heritage. The interpretive panel is located next to the bicycle path in Lennox Gardens, Yarralumla adjacent to the corner of Alexandrina and Coronation Drives. Built between 1915 and 1926, the sewer was tunnelled to transport the sewerage of the new city to the treatment works built at Weston Creek, a distance of approximately 8 km. It has been in continuous use since that time and remains in good condition. Mark Sullivan and Doug Mitchell with the Interpretive Panel for the Main Outfall Sewer.

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WORK OPPORTUNITIES AT ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL OFFICE

We are looking for expressions of interest from well-qualified and experienced engineers to fill 2 newly created roles within our National Office located in Barton. The positions are: National Manager Assessments, a full time job in the Education and Assessment Directorate; and Technical Products Support Manager, a part time role within the Engineering Practice Directorate. Both positions will be pivitol leadership roles within the Profession. We are hoping to attract local engineers who are interested in putting their engineering skills to great use in either improving and promoting the engineering competency functions, or coordinating the production of our journals, practice notes and related information and projects. The employment arrangements for these positions and hours to be worked are flexible and we are happy to build the jobs and working arrangements around the right individuals. We are happy to hear from engineers looking to return to the workforce, anyone perhaps considering leaving the public service, as well engineers who are interested in working within school or parenting responsibilities. While yet to be finalised we are thinking a base salary around $60 per hour for each position. We understand that this may be below market rates for engineers, but this is the best we can do in endeavoring to responsibly manage the funding available to us from member subscriptions. If you would like to express an interest in, or enquire about these roles, all you need to do is call the relevant Director. The contact details are: National Manager Assessments Dr David Robinson, Director Education and Assessment, at (02) 6270 6572 or email [email protected] Technical Products Support Manager John Anderson, Director, Engineering Practice, at (02) 6270 6529 or email [email protected] Engineering Heritage Award of Merit presented to Bob Harvey

Engineering Heritage Australia has sewerage being valued and retained. presented retired Canberra engineer In addition to his contribution Bob Harvey with its prestigious Award to the recognition of Canberra Bob Harvey of Merit. A certificate recognising infrastructure from within ACTEW, his and his wife the award was presented to Bob by promotion of heritage in the Canberra Tonina. Canberra Division President, Doug Division of Engineers Australia was Mitchell at a recent ceremony in noteworthy. He was an active Division of former employees on Cotter Canberra. Bob received the award committee member and served as dam projects and at the Kingston in acknowledgment of the major Division Deputy Chairman along with Powerhouse, and arranging open contribution he has made over his participation, leadership and days for public inspection of these many years to the recognition of the encouragement of new membership in facilities. He also had a major role with engineering heritage of Canberra and the Canberra Heritage Panel from 1988 the engineering heritage recognition more widely, for his promotion of to the present. Bob was Secretary of of the Kingston Powerhouse, the heritage in his work environment and the Heritage Panel (later Engineering Tharwa Bridge and the Cotter River within Engineers Australia. Heritage Canberra) from 1991 to 1995, Dam Precinct. Bob also served as the As a civil engineer with ACTEW, Chairman from 1996 to 1998 and Canberra Division representative on Bob championed the cause of heritage Treasurer from 1999 until 2004. the National Engineering Heritage recognition and conservation with During that time he was involved Committee from 1996 to 1999, where senior management, ACTEW staff and with conservation of the Cotter he contributed among other things, to the wider community. His passion for pumping station including the Hydro the National Plaquing Program. heritage was instrumental in ACTEW Pump, supporting applications for Congratulations to Bob from all his historical assets associated with grants for heritage studies, the friends and colleagues in Canberra power generation, water supply and conduct of oral history recordings Division and ACTEW.

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